Government did not suppress health inequalities report

Caroline Flint, minister for public health(brenda.irons-roberts@dh.gsi.gov.uk)

Department of Health, Richmond House, London SW1A 2NS

EDITOR—Shaw et al repeat claims that the government suppressed its health inequalities report.1 This is nonsense.

Tackling Health Inequalities, actively promoted and announced via a press release issued to 1300 journalists and media outlets, received widespread coverage, including stories in the nationaland regional press.